Unveiling Jesus Christ

This podcast explains the historical roots of John's second vision of paradise in heaven in the Feast of Tabernacles. This feast was one of three great feasts that Israelite men were required to attend at Jerusalem throughout the Mosaic Era. It is also known by its Hebrew Name Sukkot, which means booths or tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles was a harvest festival that occurred in the seventh mo...

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery and symbolism of John's second vision of celestial paradise found in Revelation 7:9. This second vision comes after his first vision of celestial paradise in Revelation 4 and 5. In John's first vision of paradise he saw conditions in "heaven" as they existed at the time of his vision in 96 AD. Thereafter, he saw the sealing of the 144,000 Servants a...

This podcast explains the role of the 144,000 Servants as saviors on Mount Zion, as seen in John's vision recorded in Revelation 7. As saviors on Mount Zion, the 144,000 Servants have a duty to bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn as they work on both sides of the veil of death.

This podcast explains in detail the identity and meaning (both symbolic and actual) of the 144,000 Servants identified in John's vision in Revelation 7:4-8. Much of this podcast explains Joseph Smith's inspired explanation of them found in Doctrine & Covenants 77:11, as high priests in the patriarchal order of the priesthood, who are ordained or authorized to bring as many people as will come...

This podcast explains the sealing of the 144,000 servants as described by John in Revelation 7, and how that process began with members of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ in the meridian of time, which corresponds in time with the fifth seal from John apocalyptic vision. Although the sealing of the 144,000 servants is to be accomplished in the sixth seal, the work began in the fifth seal until...

This podcast describes and explains the meaning of the 144,000 Servants identified by John in Revelation 7:4-8. The 144,000 number is a symbolic number derived from the priesthood number of 12 that is squared to arrive at 144 which represents the fulness of the priesthood. The figure of 144 is then multiplied by 1000 as a symbol of superlative greatness. This number is derived from the number 10 c...

This podcast describes in detail the prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6, where he predicted that the earth would be utterly wasted if Elijah the prophet failed to appear before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. This prophecy was fulfilled, not during Elijah's visit on the mount of transfiguration in the meridian of time, but on April 3, 1836, when Elijah appeared at the Kirtland Temple to bestow the...

This podcast focuses on the postmortal ministry of Jesus Christ in the spirit world between his death and resurrection. The disembodied spirit of Christ entered celestial paradise and declared liberty to the captives in anticipation of their forthcoming resurrection. He also bridged the great gulf between paradise and prison as he called ministers to serve as a great missionary force in spirit pri...

This podcast explains the status of disembodied spirits in prison (hell) in the postmortal spirit world and the conditions in prison. The spirits include heirs of the celestial kingdom who have not yet received the gospel and/or they are waiting the performance of their vicarious ordinances by someone still living on the earth. If these conditions and others are satisfied, celestial-worthy spirits...

This podcast explains the conditions in celestial paradise for the disembodied spirits of the dead who qualified in this life to enter paradise at the time of their death. Baptism is the gateway ordinance into the celestial kingdom and to enter paradise between death and resurrection. There are three classes of spirits in celestial paradise, just as there are three classes within the celestial kin...

This podcast explains the nature, condition, and status of disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world. A distinction is made between unembodied spirits in the premortal spirit world, embodied spirits in mortality, disembodied spirits that exist between death and resurrection, and reembodied spirits—better known as resurrected people. The postmortal spirit world consists of two great divisi...

This podcast explains the doctrine or law of earthly ordinances, which requires that all gospel ordinances--beginning with baptism and ending with the sealing ordinance—must be received by people before they can enter the celestial kingdom. The only exception would be for small children before the age of eight and unaccountable persons who are not able to exercise their agency for any reason. Even...

This podcast describes the importance and urgency of temple work during these last days that come at the end of the sixth seal described by John in Revelation 7. Temple work includes the need to engage in family history and genealogy. Latter-day prophets describe temple work as the most important work we can perform in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We are told that our ancesto...

This podcast explains the sealing power and the role of Elijah as one who held the keys of the sealing power anciently. As the last prophet to hold the sealing power anciently, Elijah was translated so that he could then appear to Jesus Christ and to Peter, James and John on the mount of Transfiguration and bestow upon them the keys of the sealing power, which are the keys of the kingdom. Elijah a...

This podcast discusses the meaning and symbolism of Revelation 7:2-3, where John describes his vision of the angel Elias, who ascends from the east and directs the four angels not to hurt the earth, the sea or the trees until the 144,000 servants of God have been sealed in their forehead. This podcast brings together the concepts, principles and doctrines discussed in several earlier podcasts, inc...

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure at the time of their death or otherwise qualify for exaltation and eternal life sometime after their death. Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life or hereafter. To qualify for this b...

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure in this life. This is also called the “more sure word of prophecy,” the “second comforter,” and being sealed by the “Holy Spirit of Promise.” Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life o...

This podcast explains what it means to have your calling and election made sure as one of two parts of the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:1-8. Those that possess the seal are guaranteed eternal life, exaltation, and godhood. To have your calling and election made sure means that you receive the more sure word of prophecy or the Second Comforter. The seal comes as the Holy...

This podcast describes the history of the sealing ordinance going all the way back to Adam and the era of the Patriarchs. Moving forward in time, the podcast explains the sealing ordinance after the flood, during the Mosaic Dispensation, during the time of Christ, the modern era and after the Second Coming. In addition to the history of the ordinance, this podcast explains the purpose of the seali...

This podcast explains the seal of the living God identified by John in Revelation 7:2-3. This includes a description of how seals were used anciently. The seal is a symbol of ownership, and those that have the seal belong to God. The seal is not an actual mark on the body, but it is something that must literally occur in the lives of worthy people who then belong to God. The seal includes the seal...

This podcast explains the sealing ordinance performed in latter-day saint temples today, which includes the promises associated with the Abrahamic Covenant, which is also called “the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage.” A distinction is drawn between this covenant of celestial or eternal marriage and the new and everlasting covenant that is another name for the gospel of Jesus Christ. This p...

This podcast explains the identity of the angel from the east that John saw in Revelation 7:2. The name of this angel is Elias. Elias is both a name and a title. In the context of Revelation 7:2, Elias is a composite angel who represents the multiple angels involved in, and having authority over, the sealing of the 144,000 servants during the sixth seal as mentioned by John in Revelation 7:4-8.

This podcast explains the symbolism of the four angels in Revelation 7:1 as destroying angels who have the power to hold at bay the four winds of destruction until the 144,000 servants of God are sealed in their forehead as described in Revelation 7:4-8. These are also restoration angels with the power to save those that accept and live the gospel and the corresponding power to destroy those that...

This podcast discusses the commitment of priesthood keys on the earth as a necessary part of the restoration of the gospel. From the commitment of the keys to men on the earth, the gospel has been rolling forth to the ends of the earth, which then facilitates the sealings that must occur during the sixth seal as envisioned by John in Revelation 7. This podcast discusses the distinction of the rest...

This podcast discusses the commitment of priesthood keys on the earth as a necessary part of the restoration of the gospel. From the commitment of the keys to men on the earth, the gospel has been rolling forth to the ends of the earth, which then facilitates the sealings that must occur during the sixth seal as envisioned by John in Revelation 7. This podcast discusses the distinction of the rest...